South African President Thabo Mbeki concluded four-day talks with all parties in the Ivory Coast conflict on Monday, announcing that agreement on a four-point plan had been reached. He told waiting reporters that the government of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, opposition parties and the country's main rebel group had accepted that "specific programmes must be carried out". The agreement, aimed at reviving the faltering peace process in Ivory Coast, provides for the government to implement legislative changes, with the rebels required to start making progress with their own disarmament.